BBC News has published an article on slum tourism highlighting the ethical debate on slum tourism. While the article holds little new information, it contains a decent summary of the debates. Furthemore it is another example that slum tourism incresasingly gets attention in the mainstream media after a similar article appeared in the UK “Metro” free newspape.

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Slumtourism.net aims to bring together academics and practitioners working on tourism in deprived urban and rural areas. The website hopes to provide a stepping stone for further co-operations and projects on the subject. If you are active in this field, please contact us!